【正文】 i ng away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned t he police. The thi eves39。Ol ympi c Cit y39。 I sai d. 39。 Wil you be staying i n England?39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed saying i t almost at once. 39。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to fi nd bur ied t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exam ining the soil near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the ground. Very excit ed, the par ty dug a hole two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a smal l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par ty then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f ind anythi ng except an empt y t in t runk. In spit e of thi s, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 i f you ate mor e and talked l ess, we would bot h enj oy our dinner ! 39。 No, 39。 Lesson40 Food and tal k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a dinner par ty, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mrs Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsmil ing l ady in a ti ght black dress. She di d not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her. Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and in a shor t im e, s he was busy eati ng. I t ri ed to make conversat ion. 39。 t im e. As a great m any people wi l l be vi si ti ng the countr y, t he governm ent wi l be buil di ng new hotel s, an im mense st adi um , and a fi ne new swi mm ing pool. 39。s bi cycle! Leson32 Shoppi ng made easy 購(gòu)物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once wer e. The temptat ion t o st eal i s greater than ever bef or e especi al y in large shops. A det ect ive r ecent l y watched a wel dr essed woman who al ways went i nt o a l ar ge store on Monday morni ngs. One Monday, t her e wer e fewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came in, so it was easier f or the detective t o wat ch her . The wom an fi rst bought a f ew smal art icles. Aft er a li t le t ime, she chose one of the most expensi ve dreses in the shop and handed it t o an asistant who wr apped i t up for her as qui ckl y as possible. Then the wom an si mply t ook the parcel and walked out of t he shop wi thout payi ng. When she was ar est ed, t he det ect ive f ound out that the shop asi st ant was her daughter. The gi rl 39。 No Parki ng39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。The Reveal er39。You needn39。 I said to m y wif e. 39。 I asked. 39。Wi l you be seeing i t ?39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl et ed the new roads by the end of thi s year. By the end of next year , they wi l have fi ni shed wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldings have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We are al l ver y exci ted and are looking f or war d to t he Ol ympic Games because they have never been held bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Lesson38 Everythi ng except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r eturned t o England. He had of ten dr eam ed of r eti ri ng in England and had planned to set le down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to live t her e. Alm ost im mediately he began t o pl ain about the weather, f or even though i t was sti l summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af ter so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he countr y. The dr eam he had had for so many years ended there. Har ison had thought of ever ythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel him whether his operat ion had been successf ul, but the doctor ref used t o do so. The f oll owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedside t el ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 car was badl y dam aged and easy t o r ecognize. Shor tl y aft er wards, the poli ce st opped t he car a nd both m en wer e ar rest ed. Leson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Erna Har t is going t o swim across the Engli sh Channel tomor row. She i s goi ng to set out f rom the Fr ench coast at fi ve o39。 i s a smal Swi s aer opl ane cal ed a 39。s al r ight, 39。 she asked. 39。 I answer ed. 39。t it upsi de down ?39。s f ir st passenger was a doct or who f lew f rom Bi rmi ngham to a lonely vi lage i n the Wels h mountai ns. Since then, Capt ain Fawcet has fl own passengers to many unusual places. Once he landed on the r oof of a bl ock of f lat s and on another occasion, he landed i n a deser ted car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r efused a st range r equest f rom a busi nessman. The man want ed to fl y to Rockal , a lonely i sl and in t he At lanti c Ocean, but Captai n Fawcet t di d not take him because the tr ip was too danger ous. Leson30 Foot ball or polo? 足球還是水球？ The Wayle is a smal r iver that cut s acr oss t he par k near my home. I li ke si t ing by t he Wayle on f i ne af ter noons. I t was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on t he ri ver bank as usual. Some chil dren wer e playing games on the bank and ther e were some people r owing on t he ri ver . Suddenly, one of the childr en kicked a bal l ver y hard and i t went t owards a pasi ng boat. Some people on t he bank cal led out to t he man in the boat, but he di d not hea r them. The bal l st ruck hi m so hard that he nearl y f el l into the wat er . I tur ned t o l ook at t he chi ldren, but t her e wer en39。s school fr iends wil l be wait ing f or her on t he Engl ish co